[dragnet2]

Wait a minute, you said everything I was seeing in your #1 pic was all one single residence.

Now we find out it’s two residences? One mans wall is another man’s bedroom, one man’s floor is another man’s ceiling.

Like I said, they’re all very similar to apartments or civilian barracks, with nice facades. You made my point better than I.

[rb22982]

Sigh - no, an apartment has neighbors on multiple sides (potentially left, right, front and back) as well as above and below you. Additionally, apartments are much, much smaller units than townhomes and have no backyard at all (if you are ground level you *may* get a small patio). A single apartment building may have as many as 30 or 40 units (or much, much more in high rises in large cities).

A townhome, however, has only units to your left and/or right (and end units only has one touching unit), typically only has 4-6 units per "building," is much larger than an apartment (usually about the size of a starter single family home), nicer finish inside, and usually has a backyard or at least a very large patio with some grass. They are two very, very different experiences. A townhome experience, especially for those without kids, is not significantly different experience than a small single family home community where the lots are only 0.15-0.2 acres, while a condo is massively different. There is a reason townhomes sell and rent for significantly higher than condos do.